Welding? Depends on the type you get into. Welding includes a thousand different jobs. Personally, I'm a tig welder for a small family owned company. Make good money, specialized parts. But there's also ironworkers, boilermakers, pipe fitters, structural welders, production welders, shipyard welders, etc etc etc. Lots of variety. It can be difficult depending on what field you get into but most days I sit on my ass and tig weld fancy parts so my job is not hard no. But I also have friends who work on shipyards or do service calls, they get gross and work long ass days but they also make WAY more money than me. Welding will treat you well if you get into it. I can pretty much be sure that I can move anywhere in the country, and so long as I'm within driving distance to some sort of manufacturing facility, I'll have a job that pays well.